Austin’s Revival Cycles has turned BMW history into rolling art with the Landspeeder, a one‑off custom built as a tribute to the legendary 1928 R37 racer that Ernst Henne used to smash land speed records in the late 1920s and 1930s.
The bike stretches the original’s proportions with a longer wheelbase and a flat‑cut steel frame, then layers in custom stainless hardware, a magneto ignition system and rich leather finishes. Because it’s designed as a show piece rather than a road bike, the team skipped lights, a battery and an alternator, focusing instead on nailing the look and sound of a period racer. The result is a machine that feels part museum artifact, part hot‑rod experiment.
The Revival BMW Landspeeder isn’t street legal and won’t tour shows; it’s scheduled for just one public appearance this year, at the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show in Austin, Texas. For anyone who follows custom culture, that single outing is the only chance to see this modern interpretation of Henne’s record‑breaking BMW in the flesh. What do you think of this modern interpretation?
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